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RDi (Rational Developer for i)

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QShell Improvements

When starting a Qshell for an IBM i Connection within RDi, currently it behaves significantly different from the shell environment started in 5250 emulation with command STRQSH. Most important features STRQSH has, but RDi Qshell has not: 1) Upon s...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

RDi Projects CTRL-SHIFT-C support

In RDi RSE I can use the key combination CTRL-SHIFT-C to compile my program, however in RDi I Projects this is not possible. Please also provide this shortcut as it saves mouse handling. Use Case: In RDi RSE I can use the key combination CTRL-SHIF...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Template for RPF fixed

The templates can only be used with the free RPG code.Please add support for fixed RPG code. Or reintroduce snippet support, they were perfect!
6 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

ILE RPG New Procedure Wizard Preferences

New procedure wizard creates creates its declarations in all upper case. It would be nice if the ILE RPG preferences page had an option to control the case to be used in the same way that Control Blocks do. Use Case: Currently the wizard creates t...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

"Ctrl-a" (Select All) in a Find Dialogue text entry box should select text there only, not in the editor source

On RDi 9.6.0.4, with the Find Dialogue open in an active editor, with the cursor positioned in either the "Find" or "Replace" text box, pressing Ctrl-a to Select All should select only the text in that box. Currently, this keyboard shortcut select...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

Change "Open Member in Editor" dialog to open "Select a member" or file tree level matching where you click on "Browse..."

In the "Open Member in Editor" dialog, you can specify everything from connection to library to file to member. If you don't know the library or file or member, you can browse for them. See "Open Member in Editor.png" attachment. But the browse di...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Future consideration

Include custom perspectives in push to client

The push to client feature is a nice addition to reduce the work required when creating a new workspace, especially when upgrading to a new release (re-using a workspace between releases can cause issues so I always create a new one). However, thi...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

IBM Rational Developer for i, lpex convert H,F,D,P spec to Free-Form

With the V7R2 version RPGLE is possibie to use free formats for Control, File, Definition, and Procedure statements.While LPEX editor allows conversion of specific C, does not allow free conversion formats for other specifications.It would be very...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Redirect CPA (inquiry) messages for jobs submitted by client

RDi submits CHGPF to batch on IBM i. If a column is dropped by the operation, CPA32B2 is issued and replied to with a 'C' automatically. When executed in a 5250 interactive session, an inquiry message is sent to the workstation where the user can ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Saving Macros in LPEX Editor

Hello,i am missing a functionality in the LPEX Editor. I often use the macro recording function to make changes i my code. This is a very cool feature because it is very simple to use. But in some cases i would wish to save a recorded sequence and...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

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